Armando Iannucci is best known as a Scottish satirist, writer, director and producer, whose TV and film credits range from The Thick of It and Veep to The Death of Stalin and The Personal History of David Copperfield. In his Radio 3 broadcasts and a series of columns for Gramophone collected in his book Hear me Out.
Armando has explored a lifelong passion for classical music. In this special ‘in conversation’ event in the spectacular vaulted Georgian hall of Ghillie Dhu, he will be talking about music, migration and Scotland, in the context of the exhibition Music and Migration in Georgian Edinburgh: The Story of Felix Yaniewicz opening at the Georgian House in June.
Don’t miss this chance to hear one of Scotland’s most distinctive, entertaining and forthright speakers live in Edinburgh, and join us at the bar afterwards for an evening to remember.
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